Javier Bardem’s No Country For Old Men co-star has revealed that the Spanish actor suffered from "full-blown depression" after having his hair styled into a bizarre 1970s bowl-cut to play a sadistic killer in the movie.

Bardem - who is hot favourite to take home the Best Supporting Actor gong at this month’s Oscars - was apparently so ashamed of his dramatic new look, that he almost became a recluse.

Josh Brolin claims: "He was depressed during the process...He felt like he wouldn't have sex for three months. Full-blown depression. I mean, bad.

“(He) didn't like the way he looked. He'd stay home for hours on end. He wouldn't go out.

 
Bardem himself admits that the unusual look had a psychological effect on him.

He says: "You see yourself, you see the haircut. You don't realise that it's affecting you in a very delicate way, through your own psyche.

"What happened to me was that after a couple of weeks, I was a little bit - a little bit - strange to myself. There was something that was not familiar. It was like, 'What am I doing here?'"

Luckily the hair style didn’t have any lasting affect on his pulling skills – Barden is currently romancing fellowing Spanish star, Penelope Cruz.

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